Speakers

This page shows a selection of speakers at the Forum. For a full list of speakers please see the individual sessions in the programme.

Speakers

Dunja Mijatović

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights-elect

Dunja Mijatović

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights-elect

Dunja Mijatovic was elected as the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights by the Organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) at its plenary session in Strasbourg on 24 January 2018. Ms Mijatovic was elected for a non-renewable term of six years starting on 1 April 2018.

>Prior to this appointment Dunja Mijatović was the OSCE’s Representative on Freedom of the Media. She was also President of the European Platform of Regulatory Agencies, the largest media regulators’ network in the world. For more than two decades she has worked on human rights, media law and regulation, institution building in transition states and ways to deal with hate speech and dangerous speech in complex post-war societies. She has extensive experience in promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms through international dialogue and cooperation, media law and policy and Internet governance.